Luke 15:3

New English Translation

So Jesus told them this parable:

Cross References

Isaiah 53:6

All of us had wandered off like sheep; each of us had strayed off on his own path, but the Lord caused the sin of all of us to attack him.

Isaiah 65:19

Jerusalem will bring me joy, and my people will bring me happiness. The sound of weeping or cries of sorrow will never be heard in her again.

Matthew 10:6

Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Matthew 13:3

He told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow.

Matthew 9:13

Go and learn what this saying means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Luke 15:2

But the Pharisees and the experts in the law were complaining, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

Luke 15:4

“Which one of you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go look for the one that is lost until he finds it?

John 21:16

Jesus said a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He replied, “Yes, Lord, you know I love you.” Jesus told him, “Shepherd my sheep.”

Acts 21:20

When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all ardent observers of the law.